| Gaza: One Killed, Three Injured by Israeli Tank Fire |
| 27.10.10 - 14:53 | |
Gaza- PNN – A Palestinian man was killed and three others were injured by Israeli tank fire at the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabalyia on Wednesday.  Jihad Affana, 20, was killed after a tank shell fired from an Israeli tank exploded near him in Jabalyia, local sources reported. Two women were also injured when tank shells hit their home in Beit Hanoun, a town in the nothern part of the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, a Palestinian man working near the Beit Hanoun crossing at the Gaza-Israeli borders was injured by Israeli gunfire. Israeli Army Kills a Palestinian Citizen and Injures Three in Gaza Wednesday October 27, 2010 14:41 by Sandy Khair - IMEMC & Agencies On Wednesday afternoon, a Palestinian man was killed by shrapnel fragments from an exploded artillery shell fired by Israeli tanks stationed in the town of Jabalya, in the northern Gaza Strip. Medical sources at Kamal 'Adwan Hospital reported to the WAFA Palestine News Agency, that the citizen was identified as Jehad 'Afana, 20, who was transferred to the hospital following extensive injuries throughout his body from fragments of the exploded shell. The source added that another two citizens from the town of Beit Hanoun arrived at the hospital after being injured with shrapnel shells. A worker who was injured by Israeli troops positioned in military towers near Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, was also injured while he was collecting ballasts. |
